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International Nurses Day: Canada’s provinces offering more incentives to immigrant nurses

May 12, 2023 admin assessing credentials, British Columbia, Canada, Express Entry, foreign credential recognition, healthcare workers, immigration, international accreditation, job vacancies, labour shortage, nurses, Ontario, PNP, project proposals

Credit to Author: Edana Robitaille| Date: Fri, 12 May 2023 12:00:50 +0000

Each year on May 12, Canada celebrates International Nurses Day, which commemorates the work that nurses do to ensure Canadians receive the best quality healthcare possible. As Canada continues to feel the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the population continues to age, the country is still dealing with a demand for more nurses. The […]

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Provinces working to make it easier for internationally educated nurses to work in Canada

January 12, 2023 admin assessing credentials, British Columbia, foreign credential recognition, healthcare workers, immigration, international accreditation, job vacancies, jobs, labour shortage, nurses, Ontario, project proposals, settle

Credit to Author: Edana Robitaille| Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2023 10:19:35 +0000

British Columbia has recently announced that it is removing some of the barriers for internationally educated nurses (IENs) to register with the province. It will do so by removing application fees and providing new financial support to nurses returning to practice after a period of absence. The province says it will now cover application and […]

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Canada Immigration

How to immigrate to Canada as a nurse in 2022

May 12, 2022 admin canada pr, canadian experience class, essential workers, Express Entry, federal skilled worker program, healthcare, immigration, nurses, PNP, PR, Quebec, quebec experience program, quebec skilled worker program

Credit to Author: Shelby Thevenot| Date: Thu, 12 May 2022 12:30:33 +0000

The pandemic has exacerbated the need for nurses in Canada. One of the ways to fill job vacancies in the industry is to offer pathways to permanent residency for foreign nurses. Canada was experiencing nursing shortages even before the pandemic. Since COVID-19 swept the world in March 2020, the federal and provincial governments have been […]

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COVID-19: About 2,500 B.C. health-care workers lost jobs over refusal to vaccinate

March 22, 2022 admin b.c. nurses, coronavirus, covid-19, DOCTORS, HEALTH, local news, nurses

Credit to Author: Susan Lazaruk| Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2022 00:24:29 +0000

Almost half of the terminated employees worked in the Interior and Northern health authorities, according to numbers released by the health ministry.

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Embattled B.C. nurses face a new challenge as annual professional fees come due

February 27, 2022 admin b.c. nurses, covid, covid-19, HEALTH, Life, local news, medical, more reopening canada, national, news, nurses, nursing, politics, postpandemic, reopening canada, Women

Credit to Author: Joanne Lee-Young| Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2022 00:18:19 +0000

“We are frustrated with being nickelled and dimed when our jobs are huge sources of emotional and physical stress, which only worsened with the pandemic. If we are not dispensable, then lower the fees and make us feel appreciated.” — Hayley Biller

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B.C. government adding 602 nursing seats in a move to address skills gap

February 20, 2022 admin British Columbia, HEALTH, local health, local news, news, nurses

Credit to Author: The Canadian Press| Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2022 22:39:11 +0000

Retirements, combined with an aging population that will need more care, are creating new pressures on the system alongside the pandemic, health minister Adrian Dix said.

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COVID-19: Burnout among B.C. nurses is hurting patient care, new study says

February 16, 2022 admin coronavirus, covid-19, HEALTH, local health, local news, mental health, news, nurses, university of british columbia

Credit to Author: Joseph Ruttle| Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2022 22:43:20 +0000

The research was based on surveys of B.C. nurses in 2019 and 2020 — in other words, before and during the pandemic

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Doctors and Nurses Addicted to Opioids Are Often Barred from the Most Effective Treatment

September 16, 2019 admin addiction, Buprenorphine, DOCTORS, healthcare, nurses, Opioids

Credit to Author: Emma Yasinski, Kaiser Health News| Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2019 20:48:24 +0000

Taking proven medications like buprenorphine and methadone could mean losing their medical licenses.

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If You Don’t Want to Provide Abortions, Don’t Go Into Healthcare

September 3, 2019 admin abortion, doctor's note, nurses, reproductive rights

Credit to Author: Monica R. McLemore PhD, MPH, RN| Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2019 22:11:57 +0000

A Vermont nurse’s objection to providing an abortion shows we need to be more discerning about who is worthy of serving the public.

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Filipino nurses flee Tripoli hospitals amid bombardment

May 2, 2019 admin DFA, elmer cato, fighting, filipino nurses, Headlines, hospitals, Latest News Stories, Libya, locsin, Nation, nurses, repatriation, tripoli

Credit to Author: dmorcoso| Date: Thu, 02 May 2019 23:00:20 +0000

Filipino nurses have fled hospitals in Tripoli amid escalating fighting between rival militias for control of the Libyan capital. Elmer Cato, charge d’affaires at the Philippine Embassy in Tripoli, informed Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. by Twitter on Thursday that embassy officials tried to extricate several nurses but were unable to reach them due to […]

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